Nice try, but "generally" means with disregard of exceptions to
the prevailing trend. Check your statistics as to which trend is
prevalent.

>in samoa, where de facto marriages absent of any rites and licences save>living together and claiming sexual exclusivity are the rule, few if any>samoans would, by liefs definition, be considered spouses...

Read back. You'll see it does not apply to Somanas (or the many
other exceptions in all parts of the world).